The Dead Hour was a series showcasing short films dating to 2010 and all the short episodes were directed by Daniel B. Iske. The episodes are opened with a radio DJ, Raven (Melissa Holder), introducing them like a story told to her listeners. The short is the episode proper and this one is part of Season 1 (in the way Amazon have split the series into seasons).
In this case the short starts in clubland and Vic (Nic Roewert) is with a woman and eventually it ends up back at his place, where he delays the inevitable by getting her (and himself) another drink. Soon, however, he is chowing down on her neck. You see, Vic is a vampire and Vic is an alcoholic.
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| Vic finds his bliss |
Sunlight seems only to make him wear shades, though that might be his hangover. In his fridge are bottles of blood dated with their previous owners’ names. He takes one bottle and a bottle of vodka and makes a real blood, Bloody Mary. Vic is an alcoholic and he drinks because he can’t stand doing what he has to do to survive.
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| bite |
It was a nice take. Often vampirism is used as a simile for addiction but it is more unusual to have the addiction be a coping mechanism for the vampirism. Vic is attending a 12-step group but it really isn’t working (after all, he hasn’t been able to address the underlying problem). The film is short, true, but suffice it to say that he manages to find a solution to his dilemma, eventually…
The episode's imdb page is here.
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